1705, "small (not capital) letter;" as an adjective, "small," from 1727 (in printing; general sense of "extremely small" by 1893), from French minuscule (17c.), from Latin minuscula, in minuscula littera "slightly smaller letter," fem. of minusculus "rather less, rather small," diminutive of minus "less" (see minus). Related: Minuscular.
minuscule 英文释义
1. the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
2. a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
minuscule 双语例句
1. The film was shot in 17 days, a minuscule amount of time.
这部电影仅用短短的17天便拍摄完毕。
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2. The next few years are only a minuscule part of the equation.
今后的几年只是其中很短的一段时间.
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3. The human race only a minuscule portion of the earth's history.
人类只有占有极小部分地球历史.
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4. As things stand, Hong Kong's renminbi banking system is minuscule.
就目前的情况而言, 香港的人民币银行体系可谓微不足道.
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5. A letter written in minuscule.
英文的小写字母.
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minuscule 实用场景例句
The film was shot in 17 days, a minuscule amount of time.
这部电影仅用短短的17天便拍摄完毕。
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The human race only a minuscule portion of the earth's history.
人类只有占有极小部分地球历史.
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A letter written in minuscule.
英文的小写字母.
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Both create huge effects from minuscule changes.
都是微小变化产生巨大作用.
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Commissions may appear to be a minuscule expense.
佣金看起来是很少的费用.
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E . E . Cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters.
肯明斯的诗都是用小书写体写成的.
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In the twentieth century, electron microscopes have provided direct views of viruses and minuscule surface structures.
20世纪电子显微镜提供了对病毒和极微物体的表面结构的直接观察.
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The damage is minor, it a minuscule tear, but it has to heal.
伤势很轻微, 是极小的撕裂, 但是也得医治.
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Anaxagoras called these minuscule particles which have something of everything in them seeds.
安纳萨哥拉斯称呼这些含有“各物的一部分”的“小粒子”为“种子”.
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If the plane has empty seats , the cost of adding one more passenger is minuscule.
